Concrete furniture

ABSTRACT

Concrete benches and the like are made by assembling legs and a seat portion. The legs are hexagonal in structure and the outside surfaces of the seats are indented so that each fits over and against one of the legs.

United States Patent 1191 Johnson Sept. 4, 1973 CONCRETE FURNITURE3,007,283 11/1961 Holland 52 190 1,886,988 11 1932 Thelen....;.. 297 445x [75] Invent: P! Dwglas New 3,341,251 9/1967 Costin 297 452 Bmtal",Coml- 3,482,874 12/1969 Henebry et a1." 297 248 Assigneez Random I dFarmington l Hickel Conn.

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 22] Filed: Dec. 29, 1971 859,204 10 1952Germany 297 445 [21] Appl. No.: 213,846

Related US. Application Data Continuation of Ser. No. 58,979, July '28,1970, abandoned.

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References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Holland 297/440 X PrimaryExaminer-Casmir A. Nunberg Att0meyG0rd0n C. Mack 7 Claims, 5 DrawingFigures PAIENTEflssr 4 ma INVENTOR.

HENRY DOUGLAS JOHNSON A TTORNE Y mimosa 4am 3.756557 sum 8 BF 2INVENTOR. HENRY DOUGLAS. JOHNSON ATTORNEY CONCRETE FURNITURE This is acontinuation, of application Ser. No. 58,979 filed July 28, 1970 nowabandoned.

This invention relates to concrete furniture and particularly seats andbenches, and includes a planter or the like which forms a leg portionfor one or more benches.

A characteristic of the furniture is that the leg portions are madeseparately and are generally hexagonal although this may be modified toaccommodate adjoining seats. The outer surfaces of the ends of the seatportions are indented and the legs fit into these indentations.

The seat may be made for a single person or it may be made in the formof a bench with or without a back. It may be a double or triple seat. Infact, it may be of any desired length with intermediate supports asrequired.

A particularly attractive arrangement is to combine one or more seatswith a planter, using one or more of the walls of the planter to serveas a leg. The indented seat end thus rests on a wall of the planterwhich fits into the indentation. The planter may comprise three or moresides but it usually will be four-sided. For a large park, for example,a planter or a fountain or the like may comprise six or eight or moresides with. seats radiating from it, and the flat sides which serve aslegs may be joined by portions which are curved or otherwise shaped.

The invention is further described in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which FIG. 1 is an exploded view in perspective of a seatfor a single person;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the assembled seat of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of two benches with one end of eachsupported on a double leg; and

FIG. 5 is a section through the double leg of FIG. 4 and a portion ofone seat supported thereby.

Referring to the drawings, the two legs S are identical. The seatportion 6 is provided with a back, but this is not necessary. The outersurface of each of the end portions 8 and 9 of the seat are indentedovera rectangular area so as to fit snugly over and againstthe top partsof the two legs 5. The indentations are each as wide as the legs arewide and they are each about onehalf as deep as the legs are thick,although this may vary. The outer surface of the leg maybe flush withthe outer surface of the seat. The legs are taller-or shorter and theindentations accommodate the seat portions so as to support the seatsthemselves at a comfortable height. The seats may slope backwardly andin that event a drain or aiplurality of drains are provided at the oneor more low portions of the seat. The drains may be at the back twocomers if the seat is flat, but if the seat slopes toward the middle thedrain may be at the middle of the seat. If the seat has no back, it mayslope in from its longitudinal edges to one or more drains in itsmiddle. In fact, the drain opening may be at the middle of the seat ifthe seat slopes into it..

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a double leg supporting two seats at right angles toone another. The angle, of course, may be greater or less than 90, asdesired. The two leg portions and 16 are shown at right angles to oneanother and the rear is notched at 17 to provide edges for each leg tofit into the depressions in the ends of the seat portion. The frontsurface 18 opposite the notch is angled to provide sufficient width atthe thinnest portion of the element to give the desired strength. Thissurface 18 is shown as being perfectly flat, although it may be roundedmore or less.

The seat portions assembled with this double leg portion are of the samedesign as described. The end surfaces are indented as described, to fitsnugly over the leg portions 15 and 16, and the opposite ends of theseat are supported by legs such as the legs 5 of FIG. 1.

The various elements of the leg are molded of concrete and can beshipped in a knocked-down condition to be assembled at their finallocation. Usually the bottoms of the legs are buried in the ground orconcrete or other surface surrounding the seat so that no adhesive orother bonding is required. The concrete may be reinforced as desired,but no reinforcement is essential. Although the leg surfaces are shownas flat and this is the desired construction, they may be verticallyfluted or otherwise designed, and the indentations in the ends of theseats will usually be provided with complementary designs so that theseats fit snugly in the indentations in the seat portions.

By having the depression in the seat ends only half as deep as the feetare wide, it is possible to support two seat ends on a single leg.

I claim:

1. A seat which comprises a horizontal concrete seat portion with anintegral upright at both ends, a support at each end of the seatportion, the lower portion of the outside wall of each upright beingindented a distance from the side edges thereof, each indentationextending upward from the bottom edge of the respective walls tocomplement the shape of a support for the seat portion.

2. The seat of claim 1 which has a concrete back which is integral withthe seat portion and said ends.

3. The seat of claim 1 in which the support at one end is a hexagonalconcrete leg which is thicker than the depth of the indentation.

4. The seat of claim 1 in which the end supports are identical hexagonalconcrete legs which are thicker than theindentations in the outsidewalls of the uprights and fit into said indentations.

5. The seat of claim 3 in which the support at the other end of the seatportion has a rectangular face which fits flush against the bottom ofthe depression in the upright atsaid end.

g 6. A concrete seat assembled'from two substantially right-angular,hexagonal concrete leg portions and a concrete seat portion, the seatportion comprising two integral end uprights the outer surfaces of whichuprights are identically indented to complement the inner edges and topsurfaces of the respective upper parts of said two leg portions, theupper surfaces of the indentations resting for support'on the uppersurfaces of the leg portions with inner surfaces of the leg portionsfitting snuglyagainst the bottoms of said indentations.

7. A concrete seat assembled from a double leg portion, two single legportions andtwo seat portions, the double leg portion comprising twoexposed vertical rectangular surfaces on the outer surface thereof, saidsurfaces being at an angle to one another with a vertical notchextending the height of the double leg portion between said tworectangular surfaces, and opposite saidnotch a reinforcement which joinsthe two vertical inner surfaces opposite said rectangular outer surfacessaid outer surfaces of the double leg portion, and two seat portionseach having two upright ends which are indented to fit over the doubleleg portions and form a snug fit therewith.

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1. A seat which comprises a horizontal concrete seat portion with anintegral upright at both ends, a support at each end of the seatportion, the lower portion of the outside wall of each upright beingindented a distance from the side edges thereof, each indentationextending upward from the bottom edge of the respective walls tocomplement the shape of a support for the seat portion.
 2. The seat ofclaim 1 which has a concrete back which is integral with the seatportion and said ends.
 3. The seat of claim 1 in which the support atone end is a hexagonal concrete leg which is thicker than the depth ofthe indentation.
 4. The seat of claim 1 in which the end supports areidentical hexagonal concrete legs which are thicker than theindentations in the outside walls of the uprights and fit into saidindentations.
 5. The seat of claim 3 in which the support at the otherend of the seat portion has a rectangular face which fits flush againstthe bottom of the depression in the upright at said end.
 6. A concreteseat assembled from two substantially right-angular, hexagonal concreteleg portions and a concrete seat portion, the seat portion comprisingtwo integral end uprights the outer surfaces of which uprights areidentically indented to complement the inner edges and top surfaces ofthe respective upper parts of said two leg portions, the upper surfacesof the indentations resting for support on the upper surfaces of the legportions with inner surfaces of the leg portions fitting snugly againstthe bottoms of said indentations.
 7. A concrete seat assembled from adouble leg portion, two single leg portions and two seat portions, thedouble leg portion comprising two exposed vertical rectangular surfaceson the outer surface thereof, said surfaces being at an angle to oneanother with a vertical notch extending the height of the double legportion between said two rectangular surfaces, and opposite said notch areinforcement which joins the two vertical inner surfaces opposite saidrectangular outer surfaces whereby the portion of the seat adjacent theangle of the notch is substantially the same thickness as the two legportions, the two individual leg portions being substantiallyright-angular and hexagonal and formed with two exposed rectangularsurfaces identical in size with said outer surfaces of the douBle legportion, and two seat portions each having two upright ends which areindented to fit over the double leg portions and form a snug fittherewith.